Bécon-les-Granits

Bécon-les-Granits
Bécon-les-Granits
Location within Pays de la Loire region Bécon-les-Granits
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Maine-et-Loire
Arrondissement	Angers
Canton	Louroux-Béconnais
Intercommunality	Ouest-Anjou
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Marcel Pichavant
Area1	46.17 km2 (17.83 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	2,672
• Density	58/km2 (150/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	49026 / 49370
Elevation	18–88 m (59–289 ft) (avg. 65 m or 213 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Bécon-les-Granits is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	1,444	—
1800	1,292	−10.5%
1806	1,335	+3.3%
1821	1,310	−1.9%
1831	1,543	+17.8%
1836	1,563	+1.3%
1841	1,651	+5.6%
1846	1,914	+15.9%
1851	1,924	+0.5%
1856	1,962	+2.0%
1861	2,006	+2.2%
1866	2,132	+6.3%
1872	2,057	−3.5%
1876	2,155	+4.8%
1881	2,236	+3.8%
1886	2,272	+1.6%
1891	2,187	−3.7%
1896	2,042	−6.6%
1901	2,036	−0.3%
1906	2,061	+1.2%
1911	1,981	−3.9%
1921	1,905	−3.8%
1926	1,830	−3.9%
1931	1,691	−7.6%
1936	1,611	−4.7%
1946	1,658	+2.9%
1954	1,704	+2.8%
1962	1,606	−5.8%
1968	1,563	−2.7%
1975	1,432	−8.4%
1982	1,820	+27.1%
1990	2,252	+23.7%
1999	2,325	+3.2%
2004	2,489	+7.1%
2006	2,551	+2.5%
2009	2,672	+4.7%

See also

• Communes of the Maine-et-Loire department

References

• INSEE statistics

External links

• Official site